A.J. Green poses with students from the Marvin Lewis Community Fund and Learning is Cool programs who earned a $100 shopping spree. Paul Dehner Jr. for the Enquirer

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Eight-year-old Nervsan Karen stood in front of the intimidating wall of shoes at Dick's Sporting Goods Monday evening and acted as third-graders do. He was undecided. In this case, choosing between two pairs of shoes. He needed help.

Luckily, thanks to the Marvin Lewis Community Fund, he had some. That came in the form of 6-foot-5, 265-pound Bengals tight end Jermaine Gresham casting a shadow three times his size behind him.

Gresham intercepted Nervsan returning one of the pairs. With a big smile, Gresham leaned down and told him to get both. ...